Creature of Habit August

Posted: 2019/08/01 | Author: gr4c5 | Filed under: audio book, E-Books, Early Review, Fiction, NonFiction | Tags: africa, audio book, biography, books, Cecil Forester, crime, death, e-books, Early Review, fairy tale, Fiction, Florence Nightingale, grief, holocaust, Isaac Asimov, Isaak Sturm, james gleick, Jonathan Frazen, Laurie Colwin, Lee Child, librarything, lists, Maria Arana, Maria Thomas, Mark Bostridge, memoir, mikael rosen, movie, NonFiction, Peru, post modern, Robin McKinley, science, science fiction, series, South africa, sports, swimming, women, world war ii |Leave a comment

Last month (okay, yesterday!) I whined about how I have been feeling uninspired writing this blog. I think it’s because I haven’t really been in touch with what I’ve been reading. None of the books in July jump started my heart into beating just a little faster. “Dull torpor” as Natalie would say in the Maniacs song, Like the Weather. Maybe it comes down to wanting more oomph in my I’mNotSureWhat; meaning I don’t know if what I need or what would fire me up enough to burn down my yesterdays; at least so that they aren’t repeated tomorrow. I’m just not sure.
Hopefully, these books will do something for me:

Fiction:

• African Queen by Cecil Forester – in honor of the movie. Can I be honest? I’ve never seen the movie!
• Antonia Saw the Oryx First by Maria Thomas (EB/print) – in honor of August being Friendship month.
• Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object (EB/print) by Laurie Colwin – in honor of August being National Grief Month.
• Strong Motion by Jonathan Frazen (EB/print) – in honor of August being Frazen’s birth month.
• Beauty: the Retelling of Beauty and the Beast by Robin McKinley (EB/print) – in honor of August being Fairy Tale month.

Nonfiction:

• Florence Nightingale by Mark Bostridge (EB/print) – in memory of Florence Nightingale. August is her death month.
• American Chica: Two Worlds, One Childhood by Maria Arana (EB/print) – a memoir in honor of August being “Selfish Month.”
• If there is time: What Just Happened by James Gleick – in honor of Back to School month.

Series continuations:

• Foundation’s Edge by Isaac Asimov (EB/print) – the penultimate book in the Foundation series.
• Die Trying by Lee child (AB/EB/print) – the second book in the Jack Reacher series.

Early Review:

• Filling in the Pieces by Isaak Sturm (started in July).
• Open Water by Mikael Sturm.

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